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AN 5.256PTS AN 3.272Paṭhamajhāna1 min read

The First Absorption

Paṭhamajhānasutta

Give up stinginess to enter the first absorption.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.256Numbered Discourses 5.256
  • 0.226. Upasampadāvagga26. Ordination

0.3PaṭhamajhānasuttaThe First Absorption

1.1“Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.“Mendicants, without giving up these five qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption.1.2Katame pañca?What five?1.3Āvāsamacchariyaṁ, kulamacchariyaṁ, lābhamacchariyaṁ, vaṇṇamacchariyaṁ, dhammamacchariyaṁ.Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teachings.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhamme appahāya abhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.Without giving up these five qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption.

2.1Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.But after giving up these five qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.2.2Katame pañca?What five?2.3Āvāsamacchariyaṁ, kulamacchariyaṁ, lābhamacchariyaṁ, vaṇṇamacchariyaṁ, dhammamacchariyaṁ.Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teachings.2.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhamme pahāya bhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharitun”ti.After giving up these five qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.”

2.5Chaṭṭhaṁ.